Cord treating device



CORD TREATING DEVICE yFiled Maron 15, 1945 Patented Aug. 3, 1948 UNITED STAT y DFFICE CORD TREATING DEVICE- Application March 15, 1945, Serial No.582,975

(Cl. .2l- 61) 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a cord treating device, and more particularly to a device for applying a chemical solution to thread and cord, such as a fish line, for the purpose of rot-proofing and fungus-proofing the same, and which device is also capable of serving as the container in which the chemical is sold and distributed to the user.

As is well known, threads and cords, such as fish lines of any suitable textile fiber, such as silk, nylon, cotton, linen, and the like, which are necessarily exposed to water and moisture, are prone to rotting from mildew and other fungus growths. Such rotting is commonly inhibited or prevented by impregnating the thread or cord with a suitable chemical solution having rot-proofing and fungus-proofing qualities, and this is commonly done by dipping or placing the thread or cord in a pan containing th'e chemical solution. This method is messy, inefcient and wasteful in requiring the solution to be poured from its original container, and then replaced in it, after use.

I have accordingly devised a container in which the chemical solution may be sold and distributed to th'e user and which itself contains means whereby the thread or cord may be passed through the solution while held in its original container, and the cord withdrawn, without waste of the solution nor the messiness incident to the present makeshift methods. My device is simple, inexpensive and handy.

Before explaining in detail the present invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practced or carried out in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation, and it is not intended to limit the invention claimed herein beyond the requirements of the prior art.

Fig. 1 ofthe drawings is a vertical section of my container in the form in which the chemical solution is ordinarily sold to dealers and users, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same container showing it in use for treating cord passed through the solution while held in the container.

In the drawings II) represents a bottle or jar of suitable size, preferably of glass, having a neck I I open at the top. Spiral threads I 2 are formed on the exterior sides of th'e neck II to receive a detachable closure cap I3, which may be of metal, plastic or other suitable material. The cap I3 has sides Ill with complementary spiral grooves or indentations I5 formed therein cooperating with the threads I2 on the container neck in the usual manner. AHiXed to the inside of said cap I3 in any suitable manner, as by riveting, welding or the like, is a rod I6, preferably of wire, of sufcient length to extend downwardly into th'e interior of said container I0 well below the normal surface of the solution when the cap I3 is in its container-closing position, as shown in Fig. 1. Rod I6 has an eye I'I at its lower end through which a thread or cord may be passed. A suitable washer I8 of cork, rubber, waxed paper or other suitable material is held within the interior of said cap I3 in th'e usual manner to prevent leakage of the chemical solution in the container. In this situation, the device serves as a suitable container in which the chemical solution may be sold and distributed to dealer and user, :and stored as long as desired.

The top II of the container Ill preferably extends upwardly a sufficient distance to provide room for several rows of spiral threads I2, and the sides Ill of the cap I3 likewise extend downwardly over the top II to cover said threads I2. Two holes I9 are preferably provided in the upper portion of the sides Il of the cap I3. The thread or cord 2o is then treated with the chemical solution by unscrewing the cap I3 and passing the cord 2l) through one hole I9 in said cap I3 down through eye l1 of rod I6 and up and out through' the other hole I9 in said cap. The cap is then partially screwed on to the container Ill suciently to clear holes I3 above the top edge 0f neck I I, and while held in this position the entire thread or cord 2li may be passed through th'e solution in the container by pulling it. Holes i9 are preferably rounded or smooth-edged to prevent unnecessary wear on the cord. The holes I9, near the top of sides Ill of cap I3, will not permit leakage of the solution from the container Ill, when the cap I3 is tightly screwed on to the top II, because the washer I3 forms a tight closure against the top I I and prevents all leakage.

But it is to be understood th'at the holes I9 of cap I3 may be dispensed with entirely, and when cap I3 is unscrewed, the cord 20 may be passed between said cap I 3 and the top I I of the container I0 and then through the eye I'I of rod I6, the rod I6 serving to keep the top I3 on the container It sufciently to permit the thread or cord 20 to be passed through the eye I'I and solution as before.

Th'e device above described provides a simple, inexpensive and convenient container for distributing rot-proofing and fungus-proofing solutions for threads and cords, such' as shlines, and provides an easy means for treating the thread or cord, without removing the solution from its origina] container. It is to be understood, of course, that the present device is not limited to containing and distributing rot-proofing and fungusproofing solutions, but is adapted to any solutions for treating cords for other purposes.

I claim:

1. A container having an open top and adapted to contain a iiuid, a detachable closure cap having sides adapted to be screwed on to said top, a rod attached to said cap and extending into the interior of said container when said cap is in its container-closing position, and having an eye upon its lower end through which a cord may be passed.

2. A container having an open top and adapted to contain a uid, a detachable closure cap hav- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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